MERRY-GO-ROUND
With a plate of cookies that looks like this, Santa’s stopping at your house first this year. Brooklyn-based bakery the Rounds, which specializes in buttery-rich savory cookies such as curry cashew, Parmesan olive, and Gruyère date, has been exploring the sweet side lately, introducing cocoa halfsies among its new offerings. You can even skip the glass of milk. $50 for a box of 49 cookies in different sizes.
SILVER STUNNER
From Ralph Lauren Home, the brand-new Gillian sterling-silver centerpiece bowl recalls the simple geometry of vintage woven baskets while doubling as a glittery statement piece all on its own. $7,500.
PLACES, PLEASE!
Just in time for festive holiday tables everywhere, Italian accessories designer Lisa Corti has debuted a line of gold-leaf floral place mats almost too pretty to eat on. $108 each, at Collyer’s Mansion.
CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE
Made in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, by Laura Yeh and Zack Jenkins of Tête Studio, the Puddle mirror is a two-part affair: a mirrored hand-blown glass rondel centered on a flat 36-inch-square sheet of glass. It’s an artful way to check your makeup before heading out the door for some holiday fun. From $2,500 (made to order).
NIGHTS AT THE ROUND TABLE
From Muuto’s fall 2023 collection, the oiled oak and gray Midst table by Stockholm-based TAF Studio boasts a Scandinavian simplicity while simultaneously encouraging lively conversation, since no one gets stuck at the end. $4,195 (47 1⁄4″ diam., shown) and $6,395 (63″ diam.), at Design Within Reach.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
Danish designer Ane Lykke’s circular Kumiko light sculpture, comprising an intricate cypress framework lit by LEDs, provides a dreamy shimmer on even the darkest winter nights. From $35,000 (shown: 63″ diam.), at Hostler Burrows.
This article appears in the November/December 2023 issue of NYC&G (New York Cottages & Gardens) with the headline: ShopTalk.